Students Welcomed With ¡®Band Baaja¡¯ In Telangana As They Return To School After 1.5 Years

A 'band baaja' was organised by Gram Panchayat members of Rayalapur village in Telangana to welcome students to the primary school which had been closed for one-and-a-half-years, as per The Indian Express.

The Rayalapur Mandal Parishad Primary School was shut since March 25, 2020, due to COVID.

¡°Today morning it was time for a bit of a celebration. The students were returning to school after a long time so the panchayat members decided to organise a welcome for them. The school was decked up and a ¡®band baaja¡¯ party beat drums and led the students from the road to the school. The students, who were eager to be in school, enjoyed it,¡± saif Siddi Ramulu, the headmaster.

Express

¡°Today, 36 of the 82 students studying in Classes I to V attended classes, and I am hopeful that in the coming days all the students will return,¡± he added.

Government schools have opened across the and the attendance has been 50% or less.

"If anyone, including students, is found without masks, we are giving them one to wear,¡± said G Yadaiah, a teacher at Lingampally MPP School.

¡°Some students arrived even after 10 am but we are just happy that they are back to school. The students are also very eager and enthusiastic to be back to their classes,¡± a teacher at Hyderguda MPP School said.

PTI

No students came to the private schools.

¡°Parents have taken a wait and watch stance. They feel that it is not safe yet to send their children to school. They prefer online classes as of now. When the government announced on August 24 that schools will reopen from today, a few private schools issued a circular and a declaration that the schools will not be responsible if children get infected while at school. This seems to have put off most of the parents,¡± an administrator of a techno school said.